Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index
The period of the first temple. Jerusalem in the Bible and in other ancient sources ; Where was early Jerusalem situated? ; Discovering Israelite remains on the western hill ; The significance of the Israelite fortifications on the western hill -- After the destruction of the first temple. An interlude on the western hill -- The period of the second temple. The Hasmonean resettlement of the western hill ; Intense development under the Herodians ; A residence from the days of Herod ; A palatial mansion ; The "burnt house" ; Jewish ritual baths ; Early Mosaic pavements ; The menorah graffito and fresco fragments ; Remnants of monumental architecture ; The crafts of Jerusalem : stone, pottery, glass ; Odds and ends : "theater tokens," coins, inscriptions -- After the destruction of the second temple. The Roman city : a second interlude on the western hill -- Byzantine Jerusalem. The flowering of a Byzantine city ; Tracing the Cardo Maximus ; In the quest of the Great Nea Church -- In the Middle Ages. Muslim and crusader remains
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